imac - notebook class components?

[SooTyLaD]

hi guys,

i've read a few places that the imacs use laptop spec components... is this true?

the way i see it if that is the case, it that a macbook plugged into a nice 22" monitor and maybe a 7200rpm drive is one hell of an all-round player, assuming you dont want to do any 3d stuff, which i dont...

i did ask someone about performance differences a while back in the apple shop, he said the imac will always outperform cuz its a "desktop" - however, if the component statement above is true, then this shouldn't be the case...

your thoughts?

 

[SooTyLaD]

dont spose anyone has a link to a current benchmark? i've seem a few but they are comparing old 2.16MHz versions and the like, would quite like to see how the current 2.2GHz macs stack up against each other for things like photoshop and the like?

 

[SooTyLaD]

I've compiled a table of results from Geekbench (as thats what a lot of the mac's are benched using)... and added my current pc to the results for comparison... quite interesting:

The Macbook is the current Santa Rosa variant running a 2.2GHz CPU & 1GB 667MHz RAM.
The iMac is the current 2.4GHz version running a 2.4GHz CPU and 2GB 667MHz RAM
My PC is as per my sig but running all at stock (2.4GHz e6600, 2GB 800MHz RAM)

Overall Performance:
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Macbook: 2908
iMac: 3243
My PC: 2785

Integer Performance:
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Macbook: 2580
iMac: 2862
My PC: 3396

Floating Point Performance:
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Macbook: 3988
iMac: 4485
My PC: 2696

Memory Performance:
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Macbook: 2153
iMac: 2402
My PC: 2107

Stream Performance:
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Macbook: 1789
iMac: 1912
My PC: 2321

some real suprises in there! not least of which the fact that a macbook outperforms my gaming rig!!! (of course my pc would take the macbooks pants down when it comes to gaming but that isn't the target of this comparison...)

this has swayed me a bit back towards getting an iMac... but the results are pretty damn close...

 

[SooTyLaD]

I ran geekbench on my MacBook and it came out as 2600 so that figure at least seems to be correct. It wont let me run the 64 bit version though. Someone please point out if I'm being an idiot but I have a Core 2 Duo MacBook.

Maybe I should get a lemsip and go to bed. *sniffle*

afaik, the new macbooks and leopard are 64bit, maybe thats where the difference it?